Sergey Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister sent a telegram wishing a speedy recovery to Daur Kove, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia

Daur Kove, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia and Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation congratulated each other on the coming of New Year and Christmas.

In 2020 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia carried out the active work on the development and implementation of the state policy of the Republic of Abkhazia in the sphere of international relations and coordination of foreign policy activities of the Republic of Abkhazia. Despite the current epidemiological situation due to the global pandemic of a new coronavirus infection COVID-19, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs continued productive work on strengthening and development of friendly relations with States, which recognized the sovereignty of the Republic of Abkhazia.

As it became known from the speech of Georgian Defense Minister I. Garibashvili at the parliamentary hearings, in 2021 the Georgian military department plans to purchase a batch of reconnaissance and combat unmanned aerial vehicles. He added that Georgia has recently signed an agreement with Israel to upgrade and completely modernize Georgia's air defense system.

Thea Akhvlediani, the Georgian Minister for Reconciliation and Civic Equality suggested "expanding the platform of informal dialogue and cooperation with the Abkhaz and Ossetian communities, which would be based on common interests." According to her, Georgia has not stopped this dialogue in order to improve the legal and humanitarian situation of the population, including in the conditions of the coronavirus pandemic. Such a process, she believes, will be continued and become even more intense.

On December 16, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia hosted a press conference on the results of the 51-st round of Geneva International Discussions on security and stability in Transcaucasia which was held on December 11-12.

Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic" by the decree of Vadim Krasnoselsky, the President of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic for active participation in the formation, protection and strengthening of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic on December 10, 2020

S. Zurabishvili, the Georgian President during her speech in the Parliament of Georgia on December 11, 2020 called on to search new approaches for rapprochement "with our Abkhaz and Ossetian population living in the occupied regions." In her view, Georgia should "seek ways to bridging with the peoples of the occupied regions - Abkhazia and South Ossetia."

On December 10-11, 2020, the 51st round of the Geneva International Discussions on Security and Stability in the Transcaucasia was held in Geneva, in which representatives of the Republic of Abkhazia, the Republic of South Ossetia, Georgia, the Russian Federation and the United States took part. The round was co-chaired by the UN, OSCE and the EU.  The delegation of the Republic of Abkhazia was headed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Irakli Tuzhba.

We have considered the Appeal of the RPO "Aruaa" concerning the Concept of Foreign Policy of the Republic of Abkhazia, approved by Aslan Bzhania, the President on the 4-th of December this year. A number of claims are being made by Aruaa concerning the procedure of adoption of the Concept and its content, inter alia, regarding clause 2.3.